{"id":5205,"date":"2025-03-21T04:14:55","date_gmt":"2025-03-21T04:14:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/london-power-blaze-shutters-uks-busiest-airport\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T04:14:55","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T04:14:55","slug":"london-power-blaze-shutters-uks-busiest-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in-greece.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/21\/london-power-blaze-shutters-uks-busiest-airport\/","title":{"rendered":"London Power Blaze SHUTTERS UK\u2019s Busiest Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-first=\"T\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The complete closure of London Heathrow today will impact at least 1,351 flights arriving at or departing from the airport, with further cancellations or delays likely as aircraft end up out of position. Flightradar24 data reveals that 120 planes originally headed for Heathrow are now diverting to other airports or returning to their starting points due to the shutdown. <\/p>\n<p>This major disruption stems from a significant power outage triggered by a fire at a nearby electrical substation, forcing the airport to halt all operations.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">London-Heathrow Airport, one of the busiest commercial flight hubs in the world, will be completely closed on Friday, following a serious fire tonight at a nearby electrical substation, resulting in a major power outage across West London, which includes Heathrow Airport.\u2026 <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bdc6tFKZ0m\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Bdc6tFKZ0m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 OSINTdefender (@sentdefender) <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sentdefender\/status\/1902933575613259865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">March 21, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>London Heathrow\u2019s Announcement:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Due to a fire at an electrical substation supplying the airport, Heathrow is experiencing a significant power outage.<\/p>\n<p>To maintain the safety of our passengers and colleagues, Heathrow will be closed until 23h59 on 21 March.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers are advised not to travel to the airport and should contact their airline for further information. We apologise for the inconvenience.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"679\" src=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmiUe3UaEAQzSIj-1024x679.jpeg\" alt=\"GmiUe3UaEAQzSIj\" class=\"wp-image-416510\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmiUe3UaEAQzSIj-1024x679.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmiUe3UaEAQzSIj-300x199.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmiUe3UaEAQzSIj-768x509.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmiUe3UaEAQzSIj-450x298.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmiUe3UaEAQzSIj-225x149.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmiUe3UaEAQzSIj-900x597.jpeg 900w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmiUe3UaEAQzSIj-20x13.jpeg 20w, https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/GmiUe3UaEAQzSIj.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">120 planes bound for Heathrow scramble to new landing spots or u-turn home as airport shuts down, Flightradar24 data shows<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<footer class=\"article-tags entry-footer\">\n<\/footer><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/greekcitytimes.com\/2025\/03\/21\/london-power-blaze-shutters-uks-busiest-airport-heathrow\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The complete closure of London Heathrow today will impact at least 1,351 flights arriving at or departing from the airport, with further cancellations or delays likely as aircraft end up out of position. 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